Table 7.
Total health expenditure and health staff radial and slack movements: VRS.
Source: DEAP 2.1 efficiency results
| Provinces | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | North West | Western Cape | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 4: VRS THE only | ||||||||||
| Original input | 22,000,000 | 8,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 56,000,000 |
| Input radial movement | – | (5,500,000) | – | – | – | (6,000,000) | (3,500,000) | – | (2,000,000) | (17,000,000) |
| Input slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Input target | 22,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 1,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 39,000,000 |
| Original output | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 96 |
| Output radial movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Output slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Output target | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |
| DMU peers | 1 | 4;3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4;3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Model 5: VRS THS only | ||||||||||
| Original input | 40,000 | 8000 | 1000 | 4000 | 4000 | 7000 | 6000 | 1000 | 3000 | 74,000 |
| Input radial movement | – | (5500) | – | – | – | (6000) | (3500) | – | (2000) | (17,000) |
| Input slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Input target | 40,000 | 2500 | 1000 | 4000 | 4000 | 1000 | 2500 | 1000 | 1000 | 57,000 |
| Original output | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 96 |
| Output radial movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Output slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Output target | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| DMU peers | 1 | 3;4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Model 6: VRS THS and THE | ||||||||||
| THS original input | 40,000 | 8000 | 1000 | 4000 | 4000 | 7000 | 6000 | 1000 | 3000 | 74,000 |
| THS radial movement | – | (2644) | – | – | – | (3202) | – | – | (1094) | (6940) |
| THS slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| THS target | 40,000 | 5356 | 1000 | 4000 | 4000 | 3798 | 6000 | 1000 | 1906 | 67,060 |
| THE original input | 424,000 | 17,000 | 66,000 | 68,000 | 33,000 | 20,000 | 6000 | 17,000 | 31,000 | 682,000 |
| THE radial movement | – | (5618) | – | – | – | (9153) | – | – | (11,305) | (26,076) |
| THE slack movement | – | – | – | (35,000) | – | – | – | – | – | (35,000) |
| THE target | 424,000 | 11,382 | 66,000 | 33,000 | 33,000 | 10,847 | 6000 | 17,000 | 19,695 | 620,924 |
| Original output | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 96 |
| Output radial movement | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Output slack movement | – | – | – | – | – | 0.678 | – | – | – | 0.678 |
| Output target | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9.7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 97 |
| DMU peers | 1 | 5;8;7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7;8 | 7 | 8 | 7;5;8 | |
DMU decision-making unit, THE total health expenditure, THS total health staff, VRS variable returns to scale